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Rated: E · Poetry · Philosophy · #1021864
Winner of 2nd place in Janemarie's "Traditional Poetry Contest."
To-night I saw a spear of fire
O'er-leap the heav'ns, and swift expire
Ere I might mark what shone so bright.
It flew, and quenched its golden light
As one might quench a candle's flame.
I wept, for is not man the same?
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